Last week was a big reminder of the advantages of lifestyle freedom. I had several errands to run, among them was to vote. I have found that between 10:30 and 11:15 in the morning are the best times to do a lot of things because everyone else is at their job. Being my own boss, …
The stock market has dropped for the last two days. There will be adjustments there as the market reacts to the election results. Retirement accounts are taking a beating again. Before this drop, I had read they had lost over $3 trillion. That’s more than a lot of countries’ economies. In response to the old …
Many people think that cowardice is the opposite of bravery. I think it’s conformity. As we grow up, we are ‘highly encouraged’ to conform with the what your parents think is the norm. Peer pressure can make us comform as well since the penalty of nocomformance can be a social outcasting of sorts. This conformity …
In these scary, uncertain economic times filled with the specters of layoffs, unemployment and recession, remember that fear itself magnifies the bad things. Many people worry about the pressures on the family budget, how they will pay for college, and being the sandwich generation, how they will they care for their aging parents. Are these …
Retirement nowadays is not dictated by age, it’s dictacted by money. Some people will not be able to retire at 65, 68 or 70 because of money. Others, who have achieved lifestyle freedom, can ‘retire’ at any age, 25,45 or 55. The secret is to get your residual income set up to cover your lifestyle …